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he's also a romney campaign foreign policy advisor. so he gets to work for the romney campaign while he works on fox news. in fact, mr. bolten announced his endorsement of mitt romney during an appearance on fox news. the folks at media matters have been tracking the overlap of the analysts. a spokesperson said his joint role as a fox news contributor and advisor is totally okay and super ethical because mr. bolten is not paid by the campaign and he gives foreign policy advice to lots of people. the most amazing example making efficient use of air time is carl rove. he does not work for the romney campaign, but he's the founder of the massive, massive pro-romney anti-obama super pac. and he gets to go on fox news and analyze his own campaign ad. for fox. spoiler alert, he thought his own campaign ad was awesome and totally effective. >> your super pac, american cross roads, this is a super pac. put out a recent video. this aimed at voters that were sold a bill of goods. that's where you're going with than. >> i'm glad you got the messa
he's also a romney campaign foreign policy advisor. so he gets to work for the romney campaign while he works on fox news. in fact, mr. bolten announced his endorsement of mitt romney during an appearance on fox news. the folks at media matters have been tracking the overlap of the analysts. a spokesperson said his joint role as a fox news contributor and advisor is totally okay and super ethical because mr. bolten is not paid by the campaign and he gives foreign policy advice to lots of...
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policy over the last three and a half years and it's interesting, andrea, to see that foreign policy has made a real comeback, right in the heart of this political campgn right now, everything from the middle east crises to the in pemh elnd wh us, and, of course, china as a scapegoat for both candidates really, and i think it's important that we continue this discussion of foreign policy as the debates approach over the next month. >> exactly. mo,ndt same tanyahu arrin podium where iran's president was today. how does he inject himself into the campaign or combat the iranian threats and rhetoric? >> i think prime minister nenyahis amarty,as a real responsibility as he will do, obviously, to take these charges by ahmadinejad seriously. if you're an israeliiven israeli and jewish history you cannot disregard the leader of a foreign country who routinely, not just once or twice, sa he want to wipe ilff theap of world. so prime minister netanyahu has an opportunity tomorrow which i'm sure he'll take to be a strong advocate for his country, stand up for israel, he can count on the united
policy over the last three and a half years and it's interesting, andrea, to see that foreign policy has made a real comeback, right in the heart of this political campgn right now, everything from the middle east crises to the in pemh elnd wh us, and, of course, china as a scapegoat for both candidates really, and i think it's important that we continue this discussion of foreign policy as the debates approach over the next month. >> exactly. mo,ndt same tanyahu arrin podium where iran's...
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the sleeper issue is foreign policy and national security stuff. to have made comments that blunt and reckless about the palestini palestinian/israeli peace process, to come out while the embassy was still being attacked, and to have displayed, nobody has been talking about this at all today, but to display basic ignorance about nuclear national security in terms of a nuclear bomb and a dirty bomb in the context of iran, i feel like that stuff makes me hyper ventilate a little bit about this campaign in a way about how close this man is to the presidency with some real serious weaknesses on national security. >> you can bet a lot of people are asking that question. it's less the specifics about his foreign policy. than is he really ready for the presidency? he already suffered the image of being brittle, awkward, inauthentic. not quite ready to be president. now when he makes these gaffes one after the other, rem any sent of what was said about the 1960s, many republicans are asking themselves now about the romney campaign. is there anybody that ca
the sleeper issue is foreign policy and national security stuff. to have made comments that blunt and reckless about the palestini palestinian/israeli peace process, to come out while the embassy was still being attacked, and to have displayed, nobody has been talking about this at all today, but to display basic ignorance about nuclear national security in terms of a nuclear bomb and a dirty bomb in the context of iran, i feel like that stuff makes me hyper ventilate a little bit about this...
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he has a strong foreign policy team. so we're going to keep moving forward and keep doing what we have to do to make sure on the international affairs front we stay on top of things and we're ready for whatever might come next. >> brent coalberg. barack obama communications director. >>> coming up, the former governor of alaska has some advice for the current gop ticket, a mix of rebellion and religion. what spal sn saying now and later we'll look at how historic television moments can change the political landscape is an instant and how it may happen again this year. >>> and the what's the third one there, let's see? >> the back story behind the flub heard round the world. that and more straight ahead. capella university understands businesses are trying to come back from rough economic times. employees are being forced to do more with less. and the need for capable leaders is greater than ever. when you see these problems do you take a step back, or do you want to dive right in? with a degree in business from capella u
he has a strong foreign policy team. so we're going to keep moving forward and keep doing what we have to do to make sure on the international affairs front we stay on top of things and we're ready for whatever might come next. >> brent coalberg. barack obama communications director. >>> coming up, the former governor of alaska has some advice for the current gop ticket, a mix of rebellion and religion. what spal sn saying now and later we'll look at how historic television...
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because right now look, most voters are not voting on foreign policy. this is a domestic policy election. there's a limited amount of currency that theomney campaign c get fro foreign di i interested in so their one -- >> foreign policy is an important subject, regardless of whether the american public is vote on it. jonathan, there's something about the optics of seeing the president and first lady on "the view" talking about chris stevens and not meeting with worl leaders and noteeting with lears iidea ater o great change and, you know, what did you make of that in terms of the message that sends? >> well, look, i agree that the libya question, the libya ise, is a vulnerability, like the spelling bee -- it'sefuio another rd as well. >> here's the problem republicans have in terms of the optics question about the president being on "the view." mitt and ann romney were on "kly and michael," ann romney is going to be on leno tonight or in the coming days. gu the esidt m should be meeting with world leaders, not looking presidential when your own republic
because right now look, most voters are not voting on foreign policy. this is a domestic policy election. there's a limited amount of currency that theomney campaign c get fro foreign di i interested in so their one -- >> foreign policy is an important subject, regardless of whether the american public is vote on it. jonathan, there's something about the optics of seeing the president and first lady on "the view" talking about chris stevens and not meeting with worl leaders and...
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what's pathetic is the current administration's foreign policy. what we have the situation going on now in the middle east, is the result of weakness from the obama administration. they seem to be under the mistaken notion that strength is provocative when, in fact, weakness is provocative. he's shown weakness on many fronts during the past three and a half years. weakness apologizing for america, whispers of flexibility to his russian leaders and inability to stand in and stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. that's weakness on the part of this administration and that makes us vulnerable in the eyes of other people in the world. we need a leader like mitt romney and paul ryan who will get in and demonstrate america's excellence and be a shining city on the hill across the world. >> when you have mitt romney endorsing all of the president's foreign policy to what he's doing in afghanistan to iran where he can't articulate any real difference in what he would do different from a policy standpoint, i think you can see why romney has had so much
what's pathetic is the current administration's foreign policy. what we have the situation going on now in the middle east, is the result of weakness from the obama administration. they seem to be under the mistaken notion that strength is provocative when, in fact, weakness is provocative. he's shown weakness on many fronts during the past three and a half years. weakness apologizing for america, whispers of flexibility to his russian leaders and inability to stand in and stop iran from...
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so i've executed on my foreign policy, and it's one that the american people largely agree with. so, you know, if governor romney is suggesting that we should start another war, he should say so. >> alex, what's he trying to do there? >> well, first i think what the president is trying to do is, you know, there's been a very consistent critique of his performance on foreign policy from the right, that the obama administration has not been supportive enough of allies like israel, has not been assertive enough with iran. what obama's trying to do is claim a sort of aggressive middle ground that would force romney in order to make that criticism of the white house, would force romney to take some positions that are just a little bit out of step with where americans are. americans, after iraq and afghanistan, there is a sense, i think, there's not a huge appetite for more military action overseas. >> it is fascinating that we're talking so much about foreign affairs. i think a place we did not expect to be at this point in the campaign. let me go back to the domestic affairs. erin, y
so i've executed on my foreign policy, and it's one that the american people largely agree with. so, you know, if governor romney is suggesting that we should start another war, he should say so. >> alex, what's he trying to do there? >> well, first i think what the president is trying to do is, you know, there's been a very consistent critique of his performance on foreign policy from the right, that the obama administration has not been supportive enough of allies like israel, has...
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policy and how to keep ameri safe. he'sakenerroristff t battlefield, including osama bin laden. he's ended the war in iraq and strengthened our relationships around the world. mitt romney would go back to the cowboy diplomacy that got us into many of the problems t president facewheneam into offense. >> i want to play you poart of mr. romney's speech. take a listen. >> egypt now with the muslim brotherhood president, pakista hily tmu tu with us. >> pakistan, highly tumultuous. >> sounds like he didn't get far into his briefing on pakistan. imean, of course, pakistan, afghanistan, that area of the e idhaus o know, is an area tt he's taken a number of terrorists off the battlefield. >> tumultuous? it's going to be tumultuous tonight at the ravens game against the cleveland browns. that's tultuous. pakistan is ltus? >> mitt romney just about every time he appears in public he shows how ill prepared he is to be president or commander in ief. we saw last week and continue to see how he has no concept of standing foup are th
policy and how to keep ameri safe. he'sakenerroristff t battlefield, including osama bin laden. he's ended the war in iraq and strengthened our relationships around the world. mitt romney would go back to the cowboy diplomacy that got us into many of the problems t president facewheneam into offense. >> i want to play you poart of mr. romney's speech. take a listen. >> egypt now with the muslim brotherhood president, pakista hily tmu tu with us. >> pakistan, highly tumultuous....
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so far they feel very confident in their foreign policy and they're saying national security is one of their biggest strengths. >> okay. felicia, here's john kerry. he signed a letter with other senate intelligence committee members for more info on the libya matter. take a listen to this. >> the republicans are working overtime to try to exploit a very normal, run of the course, administrative letter that we agreed to on a bipartisan basis in our committee, simply to get some additional questions put in front of the state department. >> he goes on to say it's all political now. i mean, is this going to become a campaign issue? >> absolutely. you're already seeing it become a big issue on the campaign. particularly on the republican side. of course. the problem, though, is that the house and the senate both adjourned for the rest of this year, up until after the election, earlier this month, and so if this is going to be an issue that republicans wield against the obama ticket it's going to be one that they're going to have to do on the campaign trail. now, that spelled a problem for m
so far they feel very confident in their foreign policy and they're saying national security is one of their biggest strengths. >> okay. felicia, here's john kerry. he signed a letter with other senate intelligence committee members for more info on the libya matter. take a listen to this. >> the republicans are working overtime to try to exploit a very normal, run of the course, administrative letter that we agreed to on a bipartisan basis in our committee, simply to get some...
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anna marie, while romney is accusing the president of being callous on foreign policy, he, himself, is remarkably cold on the question of health care. when asked about his plan for the uninsured, take a listen to this, anna marie. >> we do provide care for people who don't have insurance, people -- if someone has a heart attack, they don't sit in their apartment and die. we pick them up in an ambulance and take them to the hospital and give them care and different states have different ways of providing for that care. >> that's the most expensive way to do it. in the morning room. >> again, different states have different ways of doing that. >> anna marie, didn't romney himself blame emergency room costs for the one reason for why he wanted to introduce the individual mandate in massachusetts? >> that is the primary reason one has an individual mandate and universal care is to prevent people from using the emergency room as their primary care center. costs in the energy room are three, four, five times as much as they would be for a walk-in. people don't often know that. people delay g
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i think it's hard to argue that a foreign policy event coming this late in the campaign is going to trump the white house. >> we want to go to some early voting nowing going with you and the dnc, kicked off their early voting bus tour in iowa. ohio residents, they can start early voting day after tomorrow in ohio. it seems like the democrats have an early ground game this morning. >> it seems that republicans on election day, it could be as much as 40% of the electorate that weighs in before actually election day. it's one of the interesting parts of this campaign is figuring out if it's going to change the message, if it's going to change the message of the campaign. it's going to be more states and more people than it has been, in both absen tent and voting than it has been -- >> i do want to take a look at your latest article which is titled, if obama wins, what changes for a second term? what are your conclusions? >> there will be wholesale change, all of the cabinet will be gone, much of the white house staff and so the president will have an opportunity really for a fresh start. the
i think it's hard to argue that a foreign policy event coming this late in the campaign is going to trump the white house. >> we want to go to some early voting nowing going with you and the dnc, kicked off their early voting bus tour in iowa. ohio residents, they can start early voting day after tomorrow in ohio. it seems like the democrats have an early ground game this morning. >> it seems that republicans on election day, it could be as much as 40% of the electorate that weighs...
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i would argue mitt romney has not used this opportunity to sell himself well in terms of foreign policy but the white house and the position it finds itself, doubling back from comments made earlier about this being just the result of, you know, widespread reactionary protests and not a preplanned attack by al qaeda. >> listen, i mean if we are to believe robert gibbs that they are just learning information now about what happened, then that raises questions about what kind of security -- security -- what kind of intelligence we had. why didn't we know that this was going to happen beforehand. i think these are totally legitimate questions. i feel like we should have -- we should ask the questions why wasn't there better security at the consulate, better intelligence than this happening and ask the broader questions what are our overall objections in libya and egypt. we can quibbliist with whether these are bumps in the road and what he meant by that. do we want to be catering these countries to democracy. do we have an obligation to make sure they don't elect someone from the muslim br
i would argue mitt romney has not used this opportunity to sell himself well in terms of foreign policy but the white house and the position it finds itself, doubling back from comments made earlier about this being just the result of, you know, widespread reactionary protests and not a preplanned attack by al qaeda. >> listen, i mean if we are to believe robert gibbs that they are just learning information now about what happened, then that raises questions about what kind of security --...
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policy. visit progressive.com today. >>> we are discussing the supreme court's docket in whether they are going to strike down affirmative action in arguments they will hear wednesday. barbara, this is a case you have spent time on. >> yes. >> what do you think? >> this is a case that is coming from the fifth circuit, of all circui circuits, this is not a quote, liberal circuit. this is a very conservative circuit court that upheld this plan. if there's ever a plan the court should like is this plan. >> texas, the texas legislature voted for the plan. the conservative appellate court, the region in the south upheld it. >> when it was adopted, 79% of all classes at the university of texas austin had either no african-americans in the class or one. it was really a question about academic diversity and expression. it's important to look at this plan. this plan has no set asides, no added points. it had individual consideration. it's you know, race is one of several, several factors. languages sp
policy. visit progressive.com today. >>> we are discussing the supreme court's docket in whether they are going to strike down affirmative action in arguments they will hear wednesday. barbara, this is a case you have spent time on. >> yes. >> what do you think? >> this is a case that is coming from the fifth circuit, of all circui circuits, this is not a quote, liberal circuit. this is a very conservative circuit court that upheld this plan. if there's ever a plan...
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take a look at foreign policy. 49% now approve of the president's handling of foreign policy. 46% disapprove. if you look at the numbers from august, 54% approved and 40% disapproved. so that's a big thing for president obama and it is clear the unrest in the middle east, the death of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans certainly taking its toll on this administration. one more concern if you look for the number of voters who are up for grabs, 28% right now are favoring mitt romney. 25% barack obama. again, both campaigns expecting these numbers to go up and down between now and election day. >> all right. kristen welker at the white house, thanks so much. mark mckinnon, mayor brown, matt miller, i'll ask you to stay with us. i want to show everybody these shots of the space shuttle "endeavour" making its way to houston after two days of rain delays from leaving florida. it was able to take off successfully this morning. now it's off to houston. this is just a pit stop there. because it is going to be eventually working its way across the country to the california science cent
take a look at foreign policy. 49% now approve of the president's handling of foreign policy. 46% disapprove. if you look at the numbers from august, 54% approved and 40% disapproved. so that's a big thing for president obama and it is clear the unrest in the middle east, the death of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans certainly taking its toll on this administration. one more concern if you look for the number of voters who are up for grabs, 28% right now are favoring mitt...
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topping our political headlines, mitt romney going after president obama on foreign policy today. in his weekly podcast, romney said the president is fumbling his response to events in the middle east. >> this week, when president obama was asked about the recent disruption and chaos and violence in the middle east, he said that these were merely bumps in the road. that casual assessment of shocking events reveals that the president really doesn't understand the gravity of the challenges that we face in the broader middle east. >> meanwhile, the obama campaign is out with a new ad, it takes aim at romney's experience at bain capital, spotlighting workers who said they lost their jobs because governor romney was more concerned about short-term profits than creating jobs. >> people need to know what mitt romney did to miriam, indiana, in 1994. >> you don't just come in and take everything everybody's got and destroy a business. i mean, that's what they did. >> when you take away all the good-paying jobs such as we had here at gst steel in kansas city, the middle class is going to be
topping our political headlines, mitt romney going after president obama on foreign policy today. in his weekly podcast, romney said the president is fumbling his response to events in the middle east. >> this week, when president obama was asked about the recent disruption and chaos and violence in the middle east, he said that these were merely bumps in the road. that casual assessment of shocking events reveals that the president really doesn't understand the gravity of the challenges...
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, trade policy and foreign policy with china, and not necessarily because of that every candidate is lying or they're sellouts but because it's an incredibly complicated relationship. what's going to be different about a relationship with china if barack obama is elected versus mitt romney right after we take this commercial break. [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number
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as we were talking about earlier, the issue of foreign policy only helps the president. even if there was something there that might be cloudy, at the end of the day he is the hero and governor romney does not have that experience. he was a governor. at least if you're a congressman, you can sigh i served on the foreign service committee. that is his achilles heel. >> even if he was a governor in a state like new york that had the sort of 9/11 experience, but in this context, in massachusetts, certainly -- >> or alaska where you can see russia. >> dig that one back up. >> they can see your dna by looking. >> two problems that mitt romney had or has in all of this, one is that basically as you're saying, if he had waited three days, this would be a completely different story because there are serious questions here for the president, for the state department, for the administration to answer. but basically, mitt romney gave president obama cover on this. so he's got the bin laden kill, but he's got this. the second thing is, both of you just said, yes, this campaign is ab
as we were talking about earlier, the issue of foreign policy only helps the president. even if there was something there that might be cloudy, at the end of the day he is the hero and governor romney does not have that experience. he was a governor. at least if you're a congressman, you can sigh i served on the foreign service committee. that is his achilles heel. >> even if he was a governor in a state like new york that had the sort of 9/11 experience, but in this context, in...
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i think obama has done pretty well on foreign policy pip don't think he's made bad calls. you can argue about it, but he's made tough calls on using these drones. he's had to kill a lot of people. he's been tough-minded about it. my guess is that eisenhower would have approved of the job that obama's done so far. i think romney, you know, he's never been president. how do you know? being governor of massachusetts doesn't really prepare few your that. romney seems to be a pretty sober-minded guy. he has reasonably good judgment as far as we can tell as a businessman. it's hard to know. the thing about the presidency is until you are president, you don't know. nothing really prepares you for it. >> thank you so much. appreciate your time this sunday afternoon. >> thank you, craig. >>> and part of a bridge collapse during 405 construction. is carmageddon a sequel for california drivers? is. >>> plus a lot of new polls are out. we're checking who's in the lead in ohio and iowa. we'll bring it to you on the other side of this break. you're watching msnbc, in case you hadn't hea
i think obama has done pretty well on foreign policy pip don't think he's made bad calls. you can argue about it, but he's made tough calls on using these drones. he's had to kill a lot of people. he's been tough-minded about it. my guess is that eisenhower would have approved of the job that obama's done so far. i think romney, you know, he's never been president. how do you know? being governor of massachusetts doesn't really prepare few your that. romney seems to be a pretty sober-minded...
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i know that foreign policy. i remember that foreign policy. i live through that foreign policy. shoot first and aim later defined the bush administration. and while most republicans are staying away from the romney controversy, the bush team is circling the wagons. liz cheney is saying that america is no longer feared in a wall street op ed today and then there's the dan, senior, the spokesman for the u.s.-led government in iraq under president bush. now a romney adviser who thinks obama's middle east policy is a disaster. now how that's for irony? a man who defended the war in iraq is slamming president obama on foreign policy. and here comes the big one. donald rumsfeld, the man who helped leaders into two disastrous wars is weighing in. >> you don't see these kinds of things happening unless the people engaging in them are pretty darn sure that there's no penalty for it. >> as bill clinton would say, this takes brass. there were 12 -- 12 attacks on u.s. diplomatic fa till teas under george bush. eight while rumsfeld was serving. how is that for hypocrisy? and what's worst, th
i know that foreign policy. i remember that foreign policy. i live through that foreign policy. shoot first and aim later defined the bush administration. and while most republicans are staying away from the romney controversy, the bush team is circling the wagons. liz cheney is saying that america is no longer feared in a wall street op ed today and then there's the dan, senior, the spokesman for the u.s.-led government in iraq under president bush. now a romney adviser who thinks obama's...
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>> and we will leave it there, because the third and final debate will be on foreign policy. gentleman, we have to have you back talking about that as a preview. >> and michael, watch the first part of this show, where they showed the tape. intensity, very high. great, gentleman. great to have you with us >> love you, bob! >>> all right. binders full of women. is that mitt romney's answer to pay inequality? is that his answer to pay inequity in this country? the president of planned parenthood, cecile richards, will weigh in next. >>> then the other side admits defeat. and we know this because they are complaining about what? the moderator. karen finney joins me. stay with us. >>> yeah, does governor romney support the lily ledbetter act? >> sam, we'll get back to you on that. >> yeah, we'll get back to you on that. we have to play that to be fair to the story. that was the romney campaign response on equal pay for women back in april. that would be six months ago. six months later, still don't have any answers. last night, both candidates were asked about pay equity. preside
>> and we will leave it there, because the third and final debate will be on foreign policy. gentleman, we have to have you back talking about that as a preview. >> and michael, watch the first part of this show, where they showed the tape. intensity, very high. great, gentleman. great to have you with us >> love you, bob! >>> all right. binders full of women. is that mitt romney's answer to pay inequality? is that his answer to pay inequity in this country? the...
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. >> mitt romney's debate blunder exposed him as a lightweight on foreign policy. only one man on stage looked like the president during the libya exchange last night. it was a lot different than the mitt romney who looked is so confident as he told lie after lie during the debate in denver two weeks ago. back in colorado, we saw a guy named moderate mitt. last night romney tried to fool everyone with moderate mitt once again. watch his very first answer of the night, in response to a question from a college student. >> i want to make sure we keep our pell grant program growing. we're also going to have our loan program, so that people are able to afford school. >> holy smokes! all of a sudden moderate mitt loves pell grants. even though the real romney supports demolishing the pell grant program through paul ryan's budget. which, of course, he says he supports. president obama never let mitt romney define the terms of the debate, especially on romney's economic plan. >> now, governor romney was a very successful investor. if somebody came to you, governor, with a
. >> mitt romney's debate blunder exposed him as a lightweight on foreign policy. only one man on stage looked like the president during the libya exchange last night. it was a lot different than the mitt romney who looked is so confident as he told lie after lie during the debate in denver two weeks ago. back in colorado, we saw a guy named moderate mitt. last night romney tried to fool everyone with moderate mitt once again. watch his very first answer of the night, in response to a...
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romney's muddled message is indicative of his foreign policy as a whole. after a week abroad, what do we really know about mitt romney's foreign policy ideas? we know he believes culture accounts for prosperity. he says he believes jerusalem is the capital of israel. and he was endorsed by a anti-communist polish statesman. aside from those red meat bullet points for conservatives, what to we know for sure about foreign relations under mitt romney? did he tell us what he would do if the syrian regime collapsed or if europe's economy fell off a cliff or if we experienced growing tensions with china or north korea or a terrorist organization? some are focusing on the gaffes of mitt romney's trip, but we really should focus on what he didn't say. let's get to it. let's bring in ari melber and rich degree -- rick grenell, now a partner with capital media partners. welcome to the show. rick, there was a bright side to your former boss' trip overseas. can you tell us if there was a bright side to it or are we delusional right here? >> i would say that you're del
romney's muddled message is indicative of his foreign policy as a whole. after a week abroad, what do we really know about mitt romney's foreign policy ideas? we know he believes culture accounts for prosperity. he says he believes jerusalem is the capital of israel. and he was endorsed by a anti-communist polish statesman. aside from those red meat bullet points for conservatives, what to we know for sure about foreign relations under mitt romney? did he tell us what he would do if the syrian...
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taxes, foreign policy, iran, mexican americans coming here. every issue. you could get to the right, go as far right as you could, calculate it you can do some pir ro wets, etch scratches or etch a sketches. and later in the campaign make some adjustments and people would forgive you. i think they're not going to forgive this character. thank you, john heilemann and david corn. >>> coming up, dirty, angry money. what do you want? let's go inside the koch brothers machine. they've got their own political party it seems. >>> and jerry sandusky. the defense has begun its case such as it is. can you imagine what this defense is going to be? big question. will he take the stand and confront these awful charges? >>> plus, blind ambition. mitt romney wants to be president, but why can't he say what he'd do if he was president? he keeps doing it. he shows up but doesn't answer questions. >>> let me finish tonight with what makes the idea of a romney presidency so dangerous. this is "hardball" the place for politics. [ male announcer ] it seems like every company h
taxes, foreign policy, iran, mexican americans coming here. every issue. you could get to the right, go as far right as you could, calculate it you can do some pir ro wets, etch scratches or etch a sketches. and later in the campaign make some adjustments and people would forgive you. i think they're not going to forgive this character. thank you, john heilemann and david corn. >>> coming up, dirty, angry money. what do you want? let's go inside the koch brothers machine. they've got...
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has a better foreign policy than rummy. this is "hardball," a place for politics. come from any faucet . the brita bottle with the filter inside. without freshly-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldn't be stouffer's mac & cheese. just one of over 70 satisfying recipes for one from stouffer's. it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam...
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this is on foreign policy. i'm bob schieffer of cbs news and the questions are mine and i have not shared them with their candidates or aids. the audience has taken a vow of silence. no reaction of any kind right now when we welcome president obama and governor mitt romney. [ applause ] >> gentlemen, your campaigns have agreed to certain rules and they are simple. they have asked me to divide the evening into segments. i will pose a question and you will each have two minutes to respond and we will have a general discussion until we move to the next segment. tonight's debate, as both of you know, comes on the 50th anniversary of the night that president kennedy told the world that the soviet union had nuclear missiles in cuba. the closest we have come to nuclear war. it's a sobering reminder that every president faces, at some point, an unexpected threat to our national security from abroad. so let's begin. the first segment is the challenge of a changing middle east and the new face of terrorism. i'm going to
this is on foreign policy. i'm bob schieffer of cbs news and the questions are mine and i have not shared them with their candidates or aids. the audience has taken a vow of silence. no reaction of any kind right now when we welcome president obama and governor mitt romney. [ applause ] >> gentlemen, your campaigns have agreed to certain rules and they are simple. they have asked me to divide the evening into segments. i will pose a question and you will each have two minutes to respond...
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has a better foreign policy than rummy, and he is off to the side where he belongs. >>> back to hardball and the first sideshow. that proposed ban of sodas larger than 16 ounces is causing a lot of stir. the daily show's jon stewart is perplexed. >> let me get this straight, as a new yorker, i can go on the lunch break to, i don't know, carnegie deli and order 14 pounds of pa strawny garnbished with 15 pounds of beef tongue and go right over from there to ho hooters for a basket of wings tossed in butter and a bowl of cheese to top it off with a little bit of a frozen hot chocolate. this is legal. until it melts. mr. mayor, i know you can be intimidated by these large-sized drinks and you and i are both, let's face it, small, and we might see a jenb rousegenerousl proportioned sugared drink and think it is a drowning hazard, but it is not fair. it is not fair! >> and actually he marked today as national doughnut day, and officially nyc doughnut day with a proclamation, and there is sugar in there, mr. mayor. and in a pension bill tuesday, representative mike bos took to the floor to argu
has a better foreign policy than rummy, and he is off to the side where he belongs. >>> back to hardball and the first sideshow. that proposed ban of sodas larger than 16 ounces is causing a lot of stir. the daily show's jon stewart is perplexed. >> let me get this straight, as a new yorker, i can go on the lunch break to, i don't know, carnegie deli and order 14 pounds of pa strawny garnbished with 15 pounds of beef tongue and go right over from there to ho hooters for a basket...
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foreign policy has been off the radar. iraq and troop withdrawal is important, but at the end of the day, it is economy. the president if he has gone on the bus tours and used the bully bull pit to emphasize two things. i'm on it with the economy and part of that is we have a jobs bill. the second part is obstructionism. the gop every step of the way, they vote everything down. even bits and pieces that are gop friendly. what can we do? we are trying to get a handle on the economy and move things ahead. we are trying to put people back to work. we are trying to really get things going on the job and the economic front and we have so many opponents on the other side. the president has turned it back around with harry truman. >> we greatly appreciate it and will be talking with you both. much more ahead. thank you. coming up, we will get the latest from libya and the fight over gadhafi's body. and we are learning the is being kept in a commercial freezer. people are allowed to go in and get a glimpse of the man who was once
foreign policy has been off the radar. iraq and troop withdrawal is important, but at the end of the day, it is economy. the president if he has gone on the bus tours and used the bully bull pit to emphasize two things. i'm on it with the economy and part of that is we have a jobs bill. the second part is obstructionism. the gop every step of the way, they vote everything down. even bits and pieces that are gop friendly. what can we do? we are trying to get a handle on the economy and move...
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but governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of it is 1920s. >> that was a great line, but he went on to accuse mitt romney of having the foreign policy of both george w. bush and obama. i'm confused. how can mitt romney's foreign policy span three decades and three different presidents? >> he also got the ships going under the water. submarines are boats, with na corrected as well. i've watched the network all day preparing for. this you cannot accuse governor romney of being too close to president obama on policies and say his policies are from 1980s. that doesn't work. i was in the 1980s, and i liked how it ran. we were on top of things. we started cutbacks under reagan. he took cuts during the time he was in office. we were actually doing things well, and that's why we talked about the navy. the navy was effective back then, 500-ship navy. there were things they were trying to draw out of governor romney, that don't play well when you get to the redeta
but governor, when it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of it is 1920s. >> that was a great line, but he went on to accuse mitt romney of having the foreign policy of both george w. bush and obama. i'm confused. how can mitt romney's foreign policy span three decades and three different presidents? >> he also got the ships going under the water. submarines are...
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so foreign policy speech isle also on that list. we do know mitt romney will be making an address at the clinton global initiative.on that list. we do know mitt romney will be making an address at the clinton global initiative. another place where he can draw the stark contrast between himself and the president. but in terms of a specific speech, we don't have any date lined up. there is another big speech scheduled for monday about that we'll be traveling with the campaign when it heads to los angeles, that speefch will be delivered to a large hispanic business group in the los angeles area. he's been trailing among latinos and hispanics in the u.s. roughly 2:1. >> what strategy have you heard that the campaign is going to be using on the ground over the next few days? >> it's a good question. we've been reaching out to them. the campaign insists this has been a vigorous campaign, they have been active across the country. but there are only a total of five events over the last five or so days. we thought we might see them pick up t
so foreign policy speech isle also on that list. we do know mitt romney will be making an address at the clinton global initiative.on that list. we do know mitt romney will be making an address at the clinton global initiative. another place where he can draw the stark contrast between himself and the president. but in terms of a specific speech, we don't have any date lined up. there is another big speech scheduled for monday about that we'll be traveling with the campaign when it heads to los...
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i think foreign policy matters. clearly look, an op-ed and then paul ryan saying what he said with laura engram is not by accident. it's purposeful. i think they wind up coming back to the economy. >> that is the subject of the debate unless they go off topic. chris cizilla, see you later. thank you so much. >>> and foreign policy is, of course, a crushing issue for all of those with soldiers deployed and their families at home and three more americans among the dead after a suicide bomber attacked a military patrol today in khost, afghanistan. the bomber struck a group of afghan police and u.s. troops as they walked through a market. the taliban claimed responsibility. nbc's lester holt is in kabul where he's been reporting for the past week and a half as part of a special nbc news series on region and conflict. lester, you have been on the ground, what is your take away on the green on blue attacks and this suicide attack which is different, at least the taliban taking responsibility? >> well, andrea, it's really
i think foreign policy matters. clearly look, an op-ed and then paul ryan saying what he said with laura engram is not by accident. it's purposeful. i think they wind up coming back to the economy. >> that is the subject of the debate unless they go off topic. chris cizilla, see you later. thank you so much. >>> and foreign policy is, of course, a crushing issue for all of those with soldiers deployed and their families at home and three more americans among the dead after a...
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opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. but from all that we've seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost america so dearly. after all, you don't call russia our number one enemy, not al qaeda, russia, unless you're still stuck in a cold war mind warp. >> joining us now is jeremy scahill my colleague at the nation where he is national security correspondent. great to have you here. it was really striking. yesterday we talked about the classic cultural war issues and how aggressive democrats seemed on things they had previously been on their heels about, things like marriage equality and choice for women and the immigration dream act. they seemed to be leading with that. and the same dynamic i think seemed to be true on foreign policy and national security, the invocation of osama bin laden, the ridicule -- there was almost this amazing reversal if you look at the 2004 republican convention to the 2012 democratic convention, here is -- i want to show, here is dick cheney in 20
opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. but from all that we've seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost america so dearly. after all, you don't call russia our number one enemy, not al qaeda, russia, unless you're still stuck in a cold war mind warp. >> joining us now is jeremy scahill my colleague at the nation where he is national security correspondent. great to have you here. it was really striking. yesterday we...
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they've done that with foreign policy. they in some ways did that with medicare but i think ultimately their bet is that we'll get bad news in terms of the economy but i do agree with joe, things are looking up in terms of the economy and people also blame bush as well. >> chris, could i -- >> very quickly, joe. very quickly. >> no, that's okay, then. >> my thought is that presidents -- we always ignore the fact -- there's a lag effect. george bushed helped bill clinton come into office. when you change u.s. economic policy, it's turning around a big battleship. if obama starts to get successes now, they are a result of what they did a couple of years ago. that's commonsense. thank you, joe klein and nia-malika henderson. >>> coming up, mitt romney doesn't like criticizing the fringe right for anything. also, big news from the nbc wall street marist poll. we'll look at florida, ohio, and virginia. we now have a clear leader in all three. plus, bob woodward tonight on last year's debt crisis. who was to blame? >>> finally,
they've done that with foreign policy. they in some ways did that with medicare but i think ultimately their bet is that we'll get bad news in terms of the economy but i do agree with joe, things are looking up in terms of the economy and people also blame bush as well. >> chris, could i -- >> very quickly, joe. very quickly. >> no, that's okay, then. >> my thought is that presidents -- we always ignore the fact -- there's a lag effect. george bushed helped bill clinton...
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our foreign policy you want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s like the social policies of the 1950s and economic policies of the 1920s. you mentioned the navy, for example, and we have fewer ships than in 1916. governor we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers with planes land on them, we have ships that go under water, nuclear submarines. the question is not a game of battleship where we're counting ships. it's what are our capabilities. >> here with a look at last night's final matchup, host of bravo's "inside the actor's studio" the legendary james lipton. i am -- as always, curious to find out what your assess ment of the performances was last night. let's start with governor romney if we might. what did his demeanor, the sweatiness, his behavior on stage last night say to you? >> the key word here is sweatiness. there's a word in our lexicon, the theatrical lexicon, flop sweat. he was -- he had that problem early on in the campaign when you felt he was tap dancing as fast as he cou
our foreign policy you want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s like the social policies of the 1950s and economic policies of the 1920s. you mentioned the navy, for example, and we have fewer ships than in 1916. governor we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers with planes land on them, we have ships that go under water, nuclear submarines. the question is not a game of battleship where we're...
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in terms of actual policy, what is the other side most concerned about visa vee, you know, foreign policy moving forward. >> unfortunately, yesterday instead of asking, as i did, about the implementation of changes and getting those changes made so that we can prevent this from happening again or at least reduce the likelihood substantially, what you saw was a lot of frankly a lot of politics, but i think most americans saw it for what it was, and it's important when you ask questions about benghazi to have looked at not just the information on the public record, but the classified information as well, and i think some of those questions would have been a little different if more people looked at the classified record on this. >> just slightly different. it begs the question, though, senator casey, if the biggest concern right now is allegiance to either the yankees or the red sox, are you going to hold this nomination up over the phillies? >> i think i have to make sure that we have a secretary of state in place. i can't allow my prejudice to get in the way. by the way, the reason i have
in terms of actual policy, what is the other side most concerned about visa vee, you know, foreign policy moving forward. >> unfortunately, yesterday instead of asking, as i did, about the implementation of changes and getting those changes made so that we can prevent this from happening again or at least reduce the likelihood substantially, what you saw was a lot of frankly a lot of politics, but i think most americans saw it for what it was, and it's important when you ask questions...
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being weak on foreign policy. in fact, if you look at the record, he's had a number of initiatives, ramped up a war in afghanistan. now he claims he'll take on yemen. can he shed that mantle? >> what's the answer? >> the answer is probably yes. one of the odd things, john, you know the story, is that at various times democrats have been labeled as the war party in our history. jfk, john f. kennedy was very good as seeming like an aggressive president. lyndon johnson, to some extent in vietnam, although that caused trouble for him. so obama is going to be able to do, she thinks, recalibrate the conversation in such a way that makes him look stronger on foreign policy. >> sarah kershaw had a piece on psychology of terror and terror cells, given the not guilty plea we heard from the christmas day bombing suspect, what does she explore in that story? >> you know, john, this is a breaking area in research that we don't think about. we're so used to just looking at the terrorists as our adversaries and enemies, which th
being weak on foreign policy. in fact, if you look at the record, he's had a number of initiatives, ramped up a war in afghanistan. now he claims he'll take on yemen. can he shed that mantle? >> what's the answer? >> the answer is probably yes. one of the odd things, john, you know the story, is that at various times democrats have been labeled as the war party in our history. jfk, john f. kennedy was very good as seeming like an aggressive president. lyndon johnson, to some extent...
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policy means to me is anytime i see a bipartisan consensus in foreign policy i run head long in the opposite direction. there was an authorization against use of force and there was one men that voted against it and that's what precipitated the next step. there was this moment in the hearing -- i have to show this moment in the hearing where it was out of a movie where he had said something wrong and was handed a card to correct himself. i want to play that when we get back. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. living with moderate to semeans living with pain.is it could also mean living
policy means to me is anytime i see a bipartisan consensus in foreign policy i run head long in the opposite direction. there was an authorization against use of force and there was one men that voted against it and that's what precipitated the next step. there was this moment in the hearing -- i have to show this moment in the hearing where it was out of a movie where he had said something wrong and was handed a card to correct himself. i want to play that when we get back. twins. i didn't see...
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. >> i believe that barack obama's religious beliefs do govern his foreign policy. >> and what are his religious beliefs? >> i believe he's a muslim. >> how many believe that here? wow. you believe he's a muslim. you think that's having an impact on what he says and does. >> fundamentally, yes. >> jack? >> yes, i do also. >> now, do you understand the implications of what you're saying here, what the media is going to say about this group and about iowa caucus voters in the future? up here? >> i think his religious belief is liberalism. he believes in his political policies more than in this -- >> i think he's muslim sympathetic, i don't know that he's a practicing muslim. >> his religious belief is liberalism. that's the most intolerant religion of all. there's no room for wiggle in there. >> i do think it's quite possible he is muslim, even though he says he is christian, but i think that this type of rhetoric, he's waffling on both sides. >>> well, i don't know what we make of that, but a nationwide pew poll in august -- that's the best last poll we've got -- they're not off base. 3
. >> i believe that barack obama's religious beliefs do govern his foreign policy. >> and what are his religious beliefs? >> i believe he's a muslim. >> how many believe that here? wow. you believe he's a muslim. you think that's having an impact on what he says and does. >> fundamentally, yes. >> jack? >> yes, i do also. >> now, do you understand the implications of what you're saying here, what the media is going to say about this group and...
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he studied foreign policy. the white house says that romney is offering the wrong approach. a top diplomat told bloomberg news that romney shows complete ignorance of facts and realities. but kick the ball down the field, doesn't this fly in the face of all of the criticism that romney has thrown at president obama? unpack if for us. >> i'm not a psychologist, but i think this is what they call projects. you say the other person is doing something, but really that's what you intend. american leadership in the world is absolutely critical. if you believe, and this is the romney position, this is the republican position, that actually this president has been running a feckless foreign policy. he hasn't shown leadership. then you should be offering behind closed doors and in public this sense that america can do anything. what he said was, you hope that somewhere, something will change. that's not the american way. if it had been, bill clinton wouldn't have intervened in northern ireland. that was resolved and that peace has been enduring. jimmy carter, the man they disparage d
he studied foreign policy. the white house says that romney is offering the wrong approach. a top diplomat told bloomberg news that romney shows complete ignorance of facts and realities. but kick the ball down the field, doesn't this fly in the face of all of the criticism that romney has thrown at president obama? unpack if for us. >> i'm not a psychologist, but i think this is what they call projects. you say the other person is doing something, but really that's what you intend....
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his foreign policy agenda. he barely even mentioned iraq, but he is apparently willing to leave american troops there without identifying a new mission. mitt romney's foreign policy experience is limited to his work as a finance executive shipping american jobs overseas." rachel, that's not a preview of what's going to happen in the presidential campaign. that is what's happening in the presidential campaign. >> the presidential contenders on the republican side collectively have no foreign policy experience at all other than jon huntsman's experience both in business and working for barack obama as this nation's ambassador to china. so foreign policy is not a strong suit of the republican candidates. it will be really interesting to watch if they try to carry on a foreign policy critique into further discussions with one another who's going to be the republican nominee. they've avoided it like the plague, avoiding the ten-year anniversary of the afghanistan war, avoiding this issue, the issue of the iraq today
his foreign policy agenda. he barely even mentioned iraq, but he is apparently willing to leave american troops there without identifying a new mission. mitt romney's foreign policy experience is limited to his work as a finance executive shipping american jobs overseas." rachel, that's not a preview of what's going to happen in the presidential campaign. that is what's happening in the presidential campaign. >> the presidential contenders on the republican side collectively have no...
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especially on foreign policy. unlike -- we can at least look at his record as governor of massachusetts and make some judgments. in this case on foreign policy, he is a blank slate, and we can only go by the things he said because he's never had a chance to practice foreign policy in the past. i'll say last night we talked about that interview yesterday on your show before the debate where i brought it up, and, you know, he's basically endorsing a first strike against -- not basically -- he is, in fact, endorsing a first strike against iran, a very bellicose posture. last night he sounded -- maybe not totally mcgovernite but barack obamaite. he was endorsing the president's position. i thought i heard somewhere the sound of sheldon adelson and maybe john bolton choking on a pretzel last night. the neocons must not be happy with that new language. it's the case that the country is weary of war. he knows if he's going to win over the undecideds left in the battleground states, he can't come across like someone who i
especially on foreign policy. unlike -- we can at least look at his record as governor of massachusetts and make some judgments. in this case on foreign policy, he is a blank slate, and we can only go by the things he said because he's never had a chance to practice foreign policy in the past. i'll say last night we talked about that interview yesterday on your show before the debate where i brought it up, and, you know, he's basically endorsing a first strike against -- not basically -- he is,...
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>> tonight foreign policy tops their debate agenda. candidates expected to spar on hot button issues ranging from libya to iran to the war in afghanistan. libya, who knew what and when about the attack that killed four americans in benghazi. and after his second debate flub will mitt romney chance another ill timed ill-advised attack. iran, is the u.s. on the verge of face to face talks over the country's nuclear ambitions, or is the time for talking over? afghanistan, how would either of these candidates end america's longest war without the taliban regaining precious ground? with our latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll showing the race a dead heat the stakes couldn't be higher. both parties and their candidates in the fight of their lives for florida, tonight round three. >> big question who will win? and i've been saying up until a couple of weeks ago probably obama by a few points. now i have absolutely no idea. >> 40% is not a great number for a president a couple weeks before election day. >> in the last few months there's
>> tonight foreign policy tops their debate agenda. candidates expected to spar on hot button issues ranging from libya to iran to the war in afghanistan. libya, who knew what and when about the attack that killed four americans in benghazi. and after his second debate flub will mitt romney chance another ill timed ill-advised attack. iran, is the u.s. on the verge of face to face talks over the country's nuclear ambitions, or is the time for talking over? afghanistan, how would either of...
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. >> "the dylan ratigan show" proving that foreign policy is bipartisan as we move past the water's edge. where is the many on the tough issues? i think we'll have more disagreement. both his critics and allies want to know the answer. steve forbes is accusing him of acting like jimmy carter, but ruth marcus today in "the washington post" called obama a, quote, strahanly passive president and missing in act. here's what she wrote -- he didn't want to get mired in legislative details, he doesn't want to go first on entitlement reform, didn't want to say anything too tough about libya, the dots connect, an unsettling portrayed of where's waldo presidency, she says. you frequently have to squint. bob shrum, is that fair? >> no, i don't think it is fair, and i have a lot of respect for ruth marcus, where is waldo? pasting health care reform, pasting student loan reform. passing stimulus, and ratifying the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. it's a historic record. when he was running in the campaign, people said he was all speech and no substance. now critics say he's all substance and no speech. by the way,
. >> "the dylan ratigan show" proving that foreign policy is bipartisan as we move past the water's edge. where is the many on the tough issues? i think we'll have more disagreement. both his critics and allies want to know the answer. steve forbes is accusing him of acting like jimmy carter, but ruth marcus today in "the washington post" called obama a, quote, strahanly passive president and missing in act. here's what she wrote -- he didn't want to get mired in...
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do you have any vague ad hoc unconnected statements about whatever foreign policy issue comes up. what is your grand strategy, which means what is your thinking as you look at the world. >> that's a powerful question. anyway my colleague joe scarborough in a political column got to the core of romney's problem as he sees it. he says quote, if we want to win the battle in the long-term, we should be able to face the fact that milt romney's likely to lose. he's an ambitious man. let me go back to that whole question, joe, i keep thinking what's romney's mission in life. why does he want to be president? it's a fair question, what do you want to do in the world, what's your united states role. besides this time going to be tougher and all this bs basically. this guy has had no military experience in his family, he just keeps talking about how tough he's going to be. >> the scary thing about this campaign is that we don't have any idea what he wants to do or which policies he's going to support. we saw the stock market go up 200 points today. romney is allegedly running on the economy
do you have any vague ad hoc unconnected statements about whatever foreign policy issue comes up. what is your grand strategy, which means what is your thinking as you look at the world. >> that's a powerful question. anyway my colleague joe scarborough in a political column got to the core of romney's problem as he sees it. he says quote, if we want to win the battle in the long-term, we should be able to face the fact that milt romney's likely to lose. he's an ambitious man. let me go...
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he's incoherent when it comes to foreign policy. >> well, there is a huge difference in foreign policy between the president and mitt romney on the troubles between israel and the palestinians. let's listen to mitt romney's pessimistic hopeless approach to that issue. >> the pal stannians -- anyway. committed to this destruction and elimination of israel and these thorny issues and i say there's no way. you move things along the best way you can, you hope for some degree of stability but you recognize this is going to remain an unsolved problem. >> and so there's the goof ball from maine saying that, well, israel, that's the unsolvable problem of my presidency. i won't even try. ana marie, we've never had a candidate who could ever be that stupid in front of five people, never mind 150 people. >> it's true. and you know, for someone who constantly acauscuses the presit of throwing israel under the bus. he's thrown them under the bus and driven away at high speed. he's been presented with a problem and decided he doesn't want to deal with it. i have to think if that's the way that bain
he's incoherent when it comes to foreign policy. >> well, there is a huge difference in foreign policy between the president and mitt romney on the troubles between israel and the palestinians. let's listen to mitt romney's pessimistic hopeless approach to that issue. >> the pal stannians -- anyway. committed to this destruction and elimination of israel and these thorny issues and i say there's no way. you move things along the best way you can, you hope for some degree of...
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but foreign policy is something that's critically important given the current state of foreign policy where we have a leader now whose foreign policy has made us weak in the eye of the rest of the world whereas governor romney believe in peace through strength. >> all right. let's talk about the expectations here, karen. the game from both sides has kicked into high gear over the weekend. i want to remind everybody. take a listen. >> president obama's a very, he's a very gifted speaker. he's an experienced debater. he's done these kinds of debates before. this is mitt's first time on this kind of a stage. >> we'd expected all along governor romney will have a good night. he's prepared more than any other candidate in history. >> and i think for us to raise the expectations, he's got to do something spectacular. those things don't happen in debates anymore that there's a spectacular event or gaffe. they're too well rehearsed. >> in this week's debate president obama has a great deal to lose. romney's is the most difficult position. obama's is the most dangerous. does the president here
but foreign policy is something that's critically important given the current state of foreign policy where we have a leader now whose foreign policy has made us weak in the eye of the rest of the world whereas governor romney believe in peace through strength. >> all right. let's talk about the expectations here, karen. the game from both sides has kicked into high gear over the weekend. i want to remind everybody. take a listen. >> president obama's a very, he's a very gifted...
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treaty, probably the president's single most important foreign policy accomplishment. in fact, the most successful treaty in decades was just passed as well and then you mentioned don't ask don't tell. now we'll be able to have gays and lesbians serve their country proudly in the military and it's a military based on trust so now they'll be able to serve proudly and represent our country. these are all major accomplishments achieved on a bipartisan basis with congress and the president both sides of the aisle working together. the vice president, who was on the program last week, responded to a question of mine about when people think about the president, are they able to sort of pin him down? what is he exactly? liberal, moderate, centrist, or what? he had this response in part. i want to lay it for you. >> what he is, is he is a progressive leader who, in fact, understands politics is all over the art of the possible. >> that's the art of the possible to a lot of observers is a marked change from somebody -- has he made a shift in his own mind to say i have to change
treaty, probably the president's single most important foreign policy accomplishment. in fact, the most successful treaty in decades was just passed as well and then you mentioned don't ask don't tell. now we'll be able to have gays and lesbians serve their country proudly in the military and it's a military based on trust so now they'll be able to serve proudly and represent our country. these are all major accomplishments achieved on a bipartisan basis with congress and the president both...
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he doesn't have rhetoric or record on foreign policy. in some ways if you look at his approach of foreign policy there's not much daylight of what he says he would do and what obama's doing and what he does is rely on this sort of rhetoric that we saw from that statement last night and that he doubled down on today. >> mentioned the statement, bob sherm sherman. this is romney's initial statement regarding the situation in libya. released last night. it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on the diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks. the obama campaign said it was shocking that the romney campaign launching a political attack in the wake of this tragedy. she alluded to this. doesn't mitt romney as the republican nominee who caught flack, of course, for not mentioning afghanistan in the rnc speech, the man who's facing an incumbent and scores fairly well on matters of foreign policy, doesn't he have to try to appear aggressive and talk about what he would
he doesn't have rhetoric or record on foreign policy. in some ways if you look at his approach of foreign policy there's not much daylight of what he says he would do and what obama's doing and what he does is rely on this sort of rhetoric that we saw from that statement last night and that he doubled down on today. >> mentioned the statement, bob sherm sherman. this is romney's initial statement regarding the situation in libya. released last night. it's disgraceful that the obama...
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yes on foreign policy but mostly on the economy. >> thank you very much. i greatly appreciate you all joining me. thank you. to the big nbc news/wall street poll 47% is the race. the top three reasons why obama will win, and they also have the top three reasons why romney will win. joining me now to dig into the new polling numbers, mark murray. thanks for your time. >> thanks for having me, tamron. >> 47%. what does that mean at this point, other than obviously what we see on the screen? get into the hearts and minds of voters. >> what you and i have talked about, this is a close contest. this shows among likely voters you couldn't be even closer. one of the things in president obama's favor is he has room to grow. while the race is tied, president obama is up five points, 49% to 44% among registered voters. if he gets more to the poll, he has room to grow and get close to 350%. mitt romney, one thing helping him in this survey, and this poll comes after the two presidential debates we've had thus far, people are getting more and more comfortable with the
yes on foreign policy but mostly on the economy. >> thank you very much. i greatly appreciate you all joining me. thank you. to the big nbc news/wall street poll 47% is the race. the top three reasons why obama will win, and they also have the top three reasons why romney will win. joining me now to dig into the new polling numbers, mark murray. thanks for your time. >> thanks for having me, tamron. >> 47%. what does that mean at this point, other than obviously what we see on...